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Animal Farm Flashcards

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Indefatigable

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Tireless

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Censure

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A judgement; the act of blaming

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Benevolent

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A tendency to do good

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Blithely

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Acting in a happy lighthearted way

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Brood

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  1. The young of an animal: a group (noun)
  2. Kept for breeding, a brood flock (adj)
  3. to sit on incubate, hatch (verb) to think gloomily about (verb)
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Enmity

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Hatred

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Irrepressible

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Imposible to repress

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Contempt

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The act of despising

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Devotee

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An ardent follower

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Borne

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Transported or transmitted by

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Countenance

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  1. Expression, look, face

2. to extend a or toleration (transitive verb

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Dissident

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Disagreeing with a religious, political system, or belief

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Caper

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a kind of shrub or flower from the shrub (noun)
to leap or prance about in a player manner
(intransitive verb) a playful leap, a or a questionable illegal act

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Magistrates

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An official entrusted with admiration of laws

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Conciliatory

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Pleasing, compatible, appeasing

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Frugal

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Characterized by economy in the use of resources

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Obstinate

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Adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments or persuasion. Not easily subdues or remedied

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Fortnight

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2 weeks

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Ignominious

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Marked with disgrace or shame; humiliating, degrading

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Machination

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A scheming or crafty action, usually to accomplish some evil end

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Maxim

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A general truth, fundamental principle, rule of conduct; a proverbial saying

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Pretext

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A purpose or motive alleged in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs

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Unscathed

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Wholly unharmed; not injured

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Shirk

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To evade the performance of an obligation

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Treachery

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Violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence; an act of perfidy or treason

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Suppress

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Put down by force, keep from public knowledge, exclude from consciousness, to restrain from a usual course of action

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Tractable

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Capable of being easily led, taught or controlled, docile; easily handled or managed, malleable

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Windfall

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An unexpected, unearned or sudden gain or advantage; something blown down by the wind

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Gambol

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To skip about in play, frisk, frolic

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